Photo Blog with Waterfalls, Hiking, Outdoors, and other Adventures
The plan for today was just a quick daytrip with short hikes. After Belmont Mount was a bust, I tried my luck next at Nelson Dewey State Park. Just picked up a new Forester so any good excuse for a drive will do. Much like Belmont Mound, this site only has about 2 miles of … Read more
Had some free time on Memorial Day weekend for a short day trip. Decided to head southwest and start at Belmont Mound State Park. This is a small park & State Natural Area operated by the local Lions Club. Main feature is an observation tower that still stands but has been permanently closed by the DNR … Read more
Winter is taking forever to wrap up in Wisconsin. I was getting a little stir crazy and decided to check off another stop on my Wisconsin State Park list by visiting the Wade House Historic Site. (technically this is a former state park but much like Pokemon I gotta catch ’em all). During summertime there are … Read more
I’m posting out of order today in honor of the #optoutside movement started by REI to encourage people to skip the evil that is Black Friday shopping and instead get outdoors. Luckily today in Wisconsin we had a mini heat wave and tied record highs around 65 degrees which made it an easy choice! Before … Read more
Yesterday was a “zero day” for hiking – Kelly had job interviews and I visited my family in Knoxville. Late start today but we briefly visited Panther Creek State Park while still in the Morristown area. We chose to do the Point Lookout Trail loop in a somewhat modified fashion due to road closings for tree … Read more
My friend Kelly finished work early and we finally got to hike together! Due to limited daylight we headed to nearby Burgess Falls State Park which is south of Cookeville in Putnam County. Reed a.k.a “Darkness“, the black lab in photos, loves hiking and is extremely well-behaved (although she gets slightly excited for squirrels). A … Read more
After leaving Waterloo Falls, I was itching to do some actual hiking. Next stop was Cummins Falls State Park which was only 15 minutes away by car. Weather today was nearly perfect – sunny and about 60 degrees, which felt like summer compared to what I left in Wisconsin. I started by hiking the Upstream … Read more
The final stop on this particular weekend tour was Aztalan State Park located east of Madison, WI. I had known going in that this particular site wasn’t “epic” in any sense outside of the cultural/historical appreciation aspect and wasn’t expecting much. Thankfully with that mindset I wasn’t disappointed. First – the rain. I finally remembered … Read more
Rain continued all night and into today with no sign of stopping. Thanks to a friend’s advice from Idaho to “be here now”, there was no way I could let it stop me. To begin my trip home, the next stop was Rib Mountain State Park. This is a popular ski destination and is heavily … Read more
Last night I was informed by park attendants while at Willow River State Park that rain would begin promptly at 6am today. Sure enough, heavy thunderstorms started at 6:15am. Thankfully I woke early and broke down camp quick. My next stop was not planned – more of an “I’m bored and tired of driving in rain” … Read more